{"code":"INS","codeName":"Insurance Code","section":"15053","citation":"Ins. Code, § 15053","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 5. INSURANCE ADJUSTERS [14000. - 16032.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Public Insurance Adjusters Act [15000. - 15062.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-5/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Penal Provisions [15053. - 15053.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/division-5/chapter-2/article-7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 833, Sec. 20.   (SB 488)   Effective January 1, 2017.","effective":"2017-01-01","html":"<p>A person who knowingly falsifies the fingerprints or photographs submitted under subdivision (f) of Section <a href=\"/ins/15010\">15010</a> or paragraph (12) of subdivision (b) of Section <a href=\"/ins/15016\">15016</a> is guilty of a felony. A person who violates any of the other provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"A person who knowingly falsifies the fingerprints or photographs submitted under subdivision (f) of Section 15010 or paragraph (12) of subdivision (b) of Section 15016 is guilty of a felony. A person who violates any of the other provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/insurance-code/penal-provisions-15053","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}